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The Adventures of Amir Hamza

The Adventures of Amir Hamza


by Ghalib Lakhnavi | Musharraf Ali Farooqi

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A deft new translation of the rip-roaring tales of the storied life and fabulous exploits of the Prophet Mohammed's uncle Hamza and his heroic encounters with emperors, merchants, viziers, courtesans, warriors and magical beings. (IDA391, $18.00)

Adventures With the Buddha, A Buddhism Reader

Adventures With the Buddha, A Buddhism Reader


by Jeffery Paine

  • RELIGION
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 410 PAGES

Paine chooses nine influential 19th and 20th century western adventurers and their travels in China, Tibet, Nepal and India for this riveting tale of religion, adventure and enlightenment. (REL12, $16.95)

Age of Shiva

Age of Shiva


by Manil Suri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

Following his debut novel "The Death of Vishnu," Suri returns with a mesmerizing story of modern India richly layered with themes from Hindu mythology. (IDA393, $14.95)

The Ajanta Caves, Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India


by Benoy Behl

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A beautifully photographed overview of the ancient murals and paintings of the life of Buddha carved into a hillside in western India. (IDA316, $34.95)

Along the Ganges

Along the Ganges


by Ilija Trojanow

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

In this colorful travelogue, Trojanow follows the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas to the cities that it feeds, using the holy river as a means to ponder Hinduism, culture, ecology and the tension between ancient and modern India. (IDA294, $11.95)

Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh

Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh


by Dalai Lama | Peter Matthiessen | Helena Norberg-Hodge

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 226 PAGES

Norberg-Hodge documents her community work and changes from traditional ways of life; she has lived and worked in Ladakh since 1975. (HML24, $16.95)

An Area of Darkness

An Area of Darkness


by V.S. Naipaul

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 267 PAGES

A reflective, personal account of Naipaul's travels in India in 1962 -- a portrait of a time and place and searing, honest chronicle of the country during transition. (IDA13, $14.95)

The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent


by J.C. Harle

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 616 PAGES

A scholarly survey of the art and architecture of not only India but also of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA60, $40.00)

The Art of the Imperial Cholas


by Vidya Dehijia

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1990
  • HARD COVER

This introduction to Chola art is adapted from a series of lectures and organized chronologically. (IDA104, $41.50)

The Artist of Disappearance

The Artist of Disappearance


by Anita Desai

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

In just three sharply drawn, interconnected stories Desai evokes a whole world, showing the contrast between old and new, urban and rural in contemporary India. (IDA635, $23.00)

The Asia Book

The Asia Book


by China Williams

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 231 PAGES

Covering every country in Asia and the Middle East, this swoon-worthy collection offers pages of full-color photographs and profiles, shedding light on the peoples and cultures of each nation. (ASA64, $40.00)

The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian


by Nirad C. Chaudhuri

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 560 PAGES

One of the great works of modern Indian literature, reissued in 2001. It's at once the story of Chaudhuri's youth in rural Bengal and Calcutta and the story of modern India's origins; a masterpiece steeped in time and place. (IDA196, $19.95)

The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor

The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor


by Zahiruddin Babur Shah | Salman Rushdie | Wheeler M. Thackson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

The candid memoir of the first Moghul emperor of India (universally known as Babur), descended from Tamerlane. (CAS149, $17.95)

Banaras


by Diana L. Eck

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

This history of the holiest and oldest of Indian cities, the home of Shiva, encompasses many millennia of Buddhist and especially Hindu practices along the Ganges. (IDA211, $29.50)

Baumgartner's Bombay

Baumgartner's Bombay


by Anita Desai

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The tale of Hugo Baumgartner, a Jewish businessman who flees to India to escape persecution. (IDA245, $13.95)

Beneath a Marble Sky, A Love Story

Beneath a Marble Sky, A Love Story


by John Shors

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

Built to mourn the tragic death of the emperor's wife, the Taj Mahal is at the center of this murderous, fantastical and dazzling tale, told from the point of view of daughter Princess Jaharana. (IDA301, $15.00)

Bhagavad Gita, A New Translation

Bhagavad Gita, A New Translation


by Stephen Mitchell

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

A lyrical translation and introduction to the Gita, an ancient Hindu poem. Mitchell's translation aims for the literary qualities of the original. (IDA170, $14.00)

Bhubaneswar: From a Temple Town to a Capital City


by Ravi Kalia

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of the building of the new capital of the Indian state of Orissa. (IDA135, $45.00)

The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives, An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History


by Alan Turner | Mauricio Anton

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A thoroughly researched guide to modern felines and their ancestors. (BST50, $26.95)

Blue Guide Southern India

Blue Guide Southern India


by George Michell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

The usual comprehensive Blue Guide treatment of the art and culture of South India, with 90 maps and site plans. (IDA94, $25.95)

Born Into Brothels


by Zana Briski | Children of Calcutta

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 104 PAGES

A companion to the award-winning documentary of the same name, this charming book displays the beautiful photography of eight children growing up in Calcutta's red light district. (IDA269, $35.00)

Bradt Bangladesh

Bradt Bangladesh


by Mikey Leung

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A comprehensive guide in the growing series by Bradt, noteworthy for its focus on culture, nature and responsible travel. The author includes sights and activities throughout the country. (IDA578, $25.99)

A Brief History of India

A Brief History of India


by Judith E. Walsh

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 348 PAGES

A Brief History of India offers an accessible, reliable introduction to this vast nation admired for its spiritual traditions, its peaceful struggle for independence led by Mahatma Gandhi, and its vibrant culture. (IDA394, $19.95)

Buddha

Buddha


by Karen Armstrong

  • RELIGION
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A concise, thought-provoking biography of the Buddha in the Penguin Lives series, written by one of the foremost experts on world religions. (REL09, $14.00)

Buddha or Bust: In Search of Truth, Meaning, Happiness, and the Man Who Found Them All


by Perry Garfinkel

  • RELIGION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A spiritual travelogue that scours the globe for the both the roots and world-wide extensions of Buddhism. (REL30, $15.00)

Buddhism, A Concise Introduction


by Huston Smith | Philip Novak

  • RELIGION
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A brief yet illuminating overview, discussing Theravada and other South Asian traditions in the first half and then Western traditions in the second. (ASA41, $12.99)

Calcutta Map


by Bharat Graphics

  • MAP

A folded map of Calcutta, shown at a scale of 1:85,000. (IDA155, $6.95)

The Camphor Flame, Popular Hinduism and Society in India


by C.J. Fuller

  • RELIGION
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

A comprehensive study of contemporary Hinduism and Indian society. (IDA90, $24.95)

Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age


by Susan Bayly

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

This volume explores the emergence of ideas and practices that gave rise to the so-called "caste-society." (IDA553, $46.00)

Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India

Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India


by Alexander Frater

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An exuberant, witty report on the author's tour through southern India on the tail of some very bad weather. Describes the great influence of the monsoon on Indian life and culture. (IDA07, $24.95)

The Child and the State in India


by Myron Weiner

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 213 PAGES

A thought-provoking no-nonsense evaluation of education and child labor in India. (IDA40, $32.95)

City of Joy

City of Joy


by Dominique La Pierre

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

An epic of love, heroism, and hope set among the dispossessed, and those who have sacrificed all to help them, in the slums of Calcutta. (IDA25, $7.99)

The Clash Within, Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future


by Martha C. Nussbaum

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 432 PAGES

An in-depth look at the threat Hindu extremists pose to democracy in India. (IDA399, $29.95)

The Complete Taj Mahal


by Ebba Koch

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

An authoritative, spectacular overview of Taj Mahal and Mughal Agra, featuring 378 illustrations, 218 in color (including detailed site plans). (IDA332, $75.00)

A Concise History of Modern India


by Barbara Daly Metcalf | Thomas Metcalf

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 372 PAGES

This brief history, organized chronologically, weaves together the political, social, economic and cultural history of India from the sultans, mughals, and pre-colonial Indian society through the end of the 20th century. Updated with a new chapter on the 1990s and an epilogue that includes the Congress victory of 2004 and the rise of India's high-tech industry. (IDA378, $28.99)

Conflict Unending


by Sumit Ganguly

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

An in-depth study of the turbulent relationship between India and Pakistan since independence in 1947, with a focus on Kashmir. (IDA223, $29.00)

Cracking India, a Novel

Cracking India, a Novel


by Bapsi Sidhwa | R.W. Scholes

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER

The observant tale of an Indian girl in Lahore from ages four to eight. (IDA229, $15.95)

Culture Shock! India


by Gitanjali Susan Kolanad

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

A lively introduction to modern Indian culture and manners. (IDA141, $17.99)

The Customs of the Kingdoms of India

The Customs of the Kingdoms of India


by Marco Polo

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 86 PAGES

These pages from Marco Polo's Travels focus on his extravagant recollection of the far-flung kingdoms of the Indian Ocean. (IDA370, $10.00)

The Dancing Girl


by Hasan Shah

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 112 PAGES

The realistically rendered tale of love for a dancing girl who entertained the British Army in colonial India, originally written in 1790. (IDA61, $9.95)

The Darjeeling Limited


by Wes Anderson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2010
  • DVD

Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star as the three estranged brothers in Anderson's colorful quest, which takes place largely on a train rolling across India. The Criterion Collection edition. (IDA647, $29.95)

Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India

Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India


by Diana L. Eck

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 115 PAGES

Tremendously useful for the traveler, this rigorous guide explains the significance and meaning of Hindu temples, festivals and ritual. Darsan, which translates as "seeing", reveals religious expression in India. (IDA75, $25.00)

Daughter of the Ganges, The Story of One Girl's Adoption and her Return Journey to India


by Asha Miro

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 274 PAGES

An Indian woman recounts her 1960s adoption by a Catalan family and her 2003 visit to her home country to uncover her native roots, a personal journey during which she discovered her rural home town and a sister she never knew. (IDA299, $19.95)

The Day of the Scorpion


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 493 PAGES

Volume two of Scott's rousing, psychologically complex Raj Quartet. (IDA321, $22.50)

A Dead Hand, A Crime in Calcutta

A Dead Hand, A Crime in Calcutta


by Paul Theroux

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The prolific Theroux is back with a chilling murder mystery set in Calcutta in which he displays his trademark wit and flare for atmosphere and sense of place. (IDA573, $14.95)

The Death of Vishnu, A Novel

The Death of Vishnu, A Novel


by Manil Suri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A vibrant, richly drawn debut novel, set in a colorful apartment house in the author's native Bombay. (IDA197, $14.95)

Deep River


by Shusaku Endo

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

One of many novels by the 20th-century Japanese writer, a Roman Catholic whose many works explore chistianity and morals. This one is set among a group of Japanese tourists in India. (JPN159, $14.95)

Delhi Map


by Bharat Graphics

  • 1999
  • MAP

A folded map of Delhi, shown at a scale of 1:200,000. Imported from India. (IDA150, $6.95)

Dharma's Daughters: Contemporary Indian Women and Hindu Culture

Dharma's Daughters: Contemporary Indian Women and Hindu Culture


by Sara Mitter

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

An insightful, many-layered social history of women in the author's adoptive India. (IDA38, $22.95)

A Division of Spoils


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

The final volume in Scott's rousing, psychologically complex Raj Quartet. (IDA323, $22.50)

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia


by Elizabeth Gilbert

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Gilbert chronicles in luminous prose a year-long odyssey not just to escape from an ugly divorce but also to discover the world and herself. The book, like her quest, is in three parts: Rome (eat), Mumbai (pray) and Bali (where she falls in love). (TVL107, $15.00)

Eating India, An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices

Eating India, An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices


by Chitrita Banerji

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

Award-winning food writer and Bengali food expert Banerjii takes readers on a marvelous journey through the traditions, origins and ingredients of Indian cuisine. (IDA375, $24.95)

The Elephanta Suite

The Elephanta Suite


by Paul Theroux

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

In each of these interconnected novellas, an unwitting visitor to India is transformed by the experience in unexpected ways. (IDA382, $14.95)

The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture


by Annemarie Schimmel

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

In this richly illustrated cultural history, Schimmel sketches daily life in the Mughal Court (1526-1707) and its impact on art, culture and religion. (IDA325, $29.95)

The Enchantress of Florence

The Enchantress of Florence


by Salman Rushdie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Rushdie conjures life in Renaissance Florence and the Mughal Empire with humor and vivid detail in this bawdy, improbable tale. (ITL948, $15.00)

Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras

Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras


by Diana L. Eck

  • RELIGION
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 259 PAGES

With its wide geographic and spiritual scope, and combination of the personal and scholarly, this book is a fascinating introduction to religion, and the author. (IDA78, $20.00)

The End of a Trail, The Cheetah in India


by Divyabhanusinh Chavda

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A historical study of the cheetah in India, where it is now extinct. (IDA140, $75.00)

Engaging India, Diplomacy Democracy And the Bomb

Engaging India, Diplomacy Democracy And the Bomb


by Strobe Talbott

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 270 PAGES

This absorbing political memoir goes behind the scenes of the lengthy negotiations between the US and India in the wake of India's development of a nuclear bomb. Talbott, the former Deputy Secretary of State, was President Clinton's go-to man for the diplomatic procedings. (IDA387, $20.95)

The Essential Tagore

The Essential Tagore


by Amit Chaudhuri | Rabindranath Tagore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 817 PAGES

This ambitious omnibus showcases the beloved turn-of-the-century Bengali Nobel Prize-winner Rabindranath Tagore's prolific and wondrously diverse body of work from poetry, songs, novels, letters and essays to travel writing. (IDA628, $39.95)

Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life, Hindus and Muslims in India


by Ashutosh Varshney

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

An assessment of current relationships between Hindus and Muslims in India. (IDA235, $19.95)

Family Matters

Family Matters


by Rohinton Mistry

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 444 PAGES

An aging professor comes to live with his daughter, her husband and their two children in a cramped Bombay apartment in Mistry's moving, and often comic, tale. (IDA214, $15.95)

The Far Pavilions


by M. M. Kaye

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

A tale of love, adventure and war set during the British Raj in India, culimating with the Indian Mutiny and the Second Afghan War. (IDA195, $21.99)

Fasting, Feasting


by Anita Desai

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

A well-constructed and deeply disturbing story of a sister and brother in a middle-class Indian family. Dull Uma is constrained to live at home and totally controlled by her parents, whereas bright Arun is helped to achieve academically and goes abroad to America. An eye-opening view into cultural differences and the Indian experience at home and abroad. (IDA172, $13.95)

The Feast of Roses

The Feast of Roses


by Indu Sundaresan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 383 PAGES

Sundaresan continues the gripping tale of the ever more powerful Princess Jahanara in this lushly detailed sequel to The Twentieth Wife. (IDA306, $15.00)

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance


by Rohinton Mistry

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Set in Indira Gandhi's "Emergency Raj" of 1975 in an unnamed Indian "city by the sea," which bears a striking resemblance to Bombay, this tender novel follows the intermingled fortunes of a Parsi widow, her boarder and two tailors. (IDA92, $17.00)

First Under Heaven, The Art of Asia


by Hali Publications

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 196 PAGES

The fourth Hali Annual, a showcase of textiles and decorative arts throughout Asia (ASA19, $78.00)

Flashman and the Mountain of Light

Flashman and the Mountain of Light


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

In this 9th installment in the rollicking, meticulously researched series the sardonic Flashman is off to the Punjab for more lechery, cowardice and aggrandizement in the service of Her Majesty. (IDA291, $15.00)

Flashman in the Great Game

Flashman in the Great Game


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

What caused the Sepoy Mutiny, a pivotal moment in the Raj? How about Harry Flashman, the reluctant, much-decorated coward, cad and womanizer at the center of George MacDonald Fraser's wildly entertaining, irreverent series of historical novels. (CAS120, $15.00)

Fodor's Essential India


by Fodors

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 500 PAGES

With Delhi, Rajasthan, the Taj Mahal & Mumbai, this full color guide covers the highlights with authority. (IDA637, $25.99)

Fodor's Exploring India

Fodor's Exploring India


by Fiona Dunlop

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of India and its attractions for visitors. (IDA365, $22.00)

Fodor's India


by Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 783 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (IDA388, $24.95)

Folktales From India


by A.K. Ramanujan

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 345 PAGES

A wonderful collection of tradition tales. (IDA288, $19.95)

Footprint Goa Handbook

Footprint Goa Handbook


by Annie Dare

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A sturdy guide in the practical Footprint series with background information on the history and culture of Goa. (IDA266, $19.95)

Footprint India Handbook

Footprint India Handbook


by Annie Dare | David Stott

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 1616 PAGES

A comprehensive gudie to India with practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (IDA138, $29.95)

Footprint Northeast India

Footprint Northeast India


by David Stott

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 392 PAGES

Northeast India is a region off the usual tourist route, yet it contains some of the country's beautiful scenery, remarkable religious monuments and vibrant cultural centres. This guide takes you to the Orissan temples of Puri, Bhubaneswar and Konark, the interior of Bihar and Jharkhand, and the mighty peaks of the Himalaya to the north. (IDA539, $24.95)

Footprint South India

Footprint South India


by Robert Bradnock

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information of accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler. (IDA237, $25.95)

The Foundations of Buddhism

The Foundations of Buddhism


by Rupert Gethin

  • RELIGION
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A lively, authoritative survey of the origins, common ideas and heritage of Buddhism. (REL21, $29.99)

Freedom Song

Freedom Song


by Amit Chaudhuri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

This three-novella volume contains Chaudhuri's finest work to date -- in particular "A Strange and Sublime Address," his evocation of childhood in Calcutta. (IDA217, $14.00)

Frommer's India

Frommer's India


by Pippa Debruyn

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 758 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout. (IDA577, $24.99)

Funny Boy

Funny Boy


by Shyam Selvadurai

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Building a complex portrait through detail of family, society and place, this prize-winning novel is a gay coming of age story set in contemporary Sri Lanka. Splendidly written. (SRL01, $14.00)

Gandhi, 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition


by Richard Attenborough

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • DVD

Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi (Kingsley). (IDA402, $19.95)

Gandhi, His Life and Message for the World

Gandhi, His Life and Message for the World


by Louis Fischer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

A classic biography of Gandhi, still one of the most readable, lively, and interesting books on the subject. (IDA162, $7.99)

Gandhi, Prisoner of Hope

Gandhi, Prisoner of Hope


by Judith Brown

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

A comprehensive study and excellent biography of the complex life of India's most famous figure; Brown has interesting insights into Gandhi's political strategies and general persona. (IDA226, $44.00)

Ganga, A Journey Down the Ganges River


by Julian C. Hollick

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

Journeying from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, Hollick encounters priests and pilgrims, fishermen dacoits and dolphins, weaving science, travel and history into a rich portrait of the river and northeast India. (IDA381, $30.00)

Ganges

Ganges


by Jon Nicholson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 168 PAGES

This photographic tribute chronicles the Ganges from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, surveying the river's deep-seated religious significance, its ecological role, and the varied peoples who inhabit its banks. (IDA541, $34.95)

Ganges


by Tom Hugh-Jones

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2008
  • DVD

These three beautifully filmed episodes focus on the wildlife that lives along the Ganges but also explore the culture, history and religion of its people. (IDA618, $19.98)

Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk

Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk


by Susan T. Hitchcock | John Esposito | Desmond Tutu | Mpho Tutu

  • RELIGION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred. (REL05, $24.00)

The Glass Palace

The Glass Palace


by Amitav Ghosh

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

In this panoramic novel full of tales and anecdote, Ghosh follows the lives and fortunes of Rajkumar and his family over three eventful generations in Burma, India and Malaysia. (IDA173, $15.00)

Global Nomads, Techno and New Age as Transnational Countercultures in Ibiza (Spain) and Goa (India)


by Anthony D'Andrea

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

The social life of mobile expatriates and the global countercultural circuit. (GEN532, $44.95)

Govind Narayan's Mumbai


by Govind Narayan

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Narayan (1815-1865) describes Mumbai's daily life, its people and its institutions in this classic account of the city in the 19th century. (IDA532, $80.00)

The Great Indian Novel

The Great Indian Novel


by Shashi Tharoor

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 423 PAGES

In this widely acclaimed novel, Shashi Tharoor masterfully recasts the 2,000-year-old epic "The Mahabharata" with fictionalized -- but highly recognizable -- events and characters from 20th century Indian politics. Blending history and myth to chronicle the Indian struggle for freedom and independence, Tharoor directs his hilarious satire against not just the bumblings of the British Raj but also Indian foibles and failings. (IDA562, $14.95)

Great Soul, Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India

Great Soul, Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India


by Joseph Lelyveld

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

An ambitious new biography that weighs Gandhi's accomplishments against his own expectations and feelings of the Indian independence movement. (IDA627, $28.95)

The Guide

The Guide


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A comic look at the life of a rogue, set in Malgudi, a fictional town in southern India like many of Narayan's novels. Originally published in 1958. (IDA310, $15.00)

H.M.S. Surprise

H.M.S. Surprise


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 379 PAGES

The third in O'Brian's celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series finds Jack Aubrey in India. (IDA236, $14.95)

Haunting Bombay


by Shilpa Agarwal

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 362 PAGES

Agarwal's stunning debut set in Bombay in the 1960s. (IDA580, $24.00)

Heat and Dust

Heat and Dust


by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

This short novel, centered around an Anglo-Indian romance, tackles with precision issues of class, colonialism and propriety in 1920s India. (IDA239, $15.95)

Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress


by Jan Morris

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 554 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A wonderful portrait of early (pre-1897) British colonial rule in India, Central Asia, Africa and elsewhere. Morris weaves historical accounts, character studies, and much imagination into this readable, compelling tale. (IDA20, $38.95)

Henri Cartier-Bresson in India

Henri Cartier-Bresson in India


by Henri Cartier-Bresson

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

Cartier-Bresson's dramatic images of India, taken between 1947 and 1967, capture the reality of ordinary life there. (IDA295, $29.95)

Hindi, Start Speaking Today!

Hindi, Start Speaking Today!


by Educational Services Corporation

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • CASETTE TAPE

A 90-minute crash course in Hindi featured in two audio tapes and a phrasebook. The course follows the foreign service method, focusing on whole dialogues and sentences. (IDA142, $24.95)

Hindoo Holiday

Hindoo Holiday


by J.R. Ackerley

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

Ackerley traipses across India as the English tutor to a handsome and extravagantly homosexual maharajah in this comic, beautifully written novel masquerading as a travelogue. (IDA115, $17.95)

Hindu Art

Hindu Art


by T. Richard Blurton

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 239 PAGES

A beautifully large paperback of excellent quality, this book is a good introduction to the complexities of Indian painting, sculpture and sacred architecture. (IDA35, $35.00)

Hindu Myths

Hindu Myths


by Wendy Doniger

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

A sourcebook, translated from the Sanskrit, this anthology is drawn from editor and University of Chicago professor Doniger's courses on Hinduism and mythology. (IDA347, $16.00)

Hinduism, A Cultural Perspective


by David R. Kinsley

  • RELIGION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 202 PAGES

In this well-regarded overview of the Hindu religious traditions, a popular text, Kinsley effectively conveys the essence of the Hindu vision of reality. (IDA354, $73.80)

Hinduism, A Very Short Introduction


by Kim Knott

  • RELIGION
  • 2000
  • PAPER

An introduction to the beliefs and practice of Hinduism, and a consideration of its influence in India and around the world. (IDA329, $11.95)

The Hindus: An Alternative History

The Hindus: An Alternative History


by Wendy Doniger

  • RELIGION
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

In an engrossing blend of history and myth, the praised historian plots a new course for understanding one of the world's oldest major religions, exploring the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. (REL56, $25.00)

The Holder of the World

The Holder of the World


by Bharati Mukherjee

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A daring novel of ideas, travel and history. Mukherjee interweaves the story of a modern American researcher with the travels of her 17th-century ancestor who roamed through Mughal India. (IDA190, $15.00)

The Hollow Crown, Ethnohistory of an Indian Kingdom


by Nicholas B. Dirks

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 430 PAGES

A pioneering piece of ethnohistory, The Hollow Crown uses a variety of interdisciplinary means to reconstruct the sociocultural history of a warrior polity in south India between the fourteenth and the twentieth centuries (IDA556, $35.00)

Holy Cow, An Indian Adventure

Holy Cow, An Indian Adventure


by Sarah Macdonald

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 291 PAGES

A memoir of two years spent in India from an Australian radio correspondent who is particularly attuned to the cultural riches and peculiarities of the country. (IDA297, $14.95)

How to Change the World, Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas


by David Bornstein

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

In this inspiring work, Bornstein profiles nine noteworthy social entrepreneurs who have worked for change and reform in areas around the world ranging from Bombay to Washington, D.C. Their stories are an engaging and encouraging read for those interested in international social reform. (GEN332, $30.00)

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard


by Kiran Desai

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A paperback re-issue of the debut novel by the author of The Inheritance of Loss. It's the story of a poor, shiftless, rural man who attains unexpected renown as a holy man and unwittingly brings turmoil and chaos to his small town. (IDA576, $14.00)

The Hungry Tide

The Hungry Tide


by Amitav Ghosh

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 333 PAGES

A powerful, moving novel by the author of Glass Palace and Dancing in Cambodia, set in the Sundarban Islands in the Bay of Bengal. (IDA258, $14.95)

The Idea of India

The Idea of India


by Sunil Khilnani

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 263 PAGES

Khilnani confronts the complexities, paradoxes and challenges of the nation in this brief, elegant survey of India since independence. (IDA160, $17.00)

The Illustrated Kama Sutra, Ananga-Ranga, Perfumed Garden


by Richard Francis Burton

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 156 PAGES

An abridged edition of Richard Burton's original translation of the Kama Sutra (1883), Ananga-Ranga (1885) and The Perfumed Garden (1886). (IDA221, $24.95)

Imagining India

Imagining India


by Nandan Nilekani

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

The hugely successful Indian software entrepreneur analyzes India's role as a world economic giant. (IDA564, $29.95)

Imperial Connections, India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860-1920


by Thomas R. Metcalf

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

Offers a broad-ranging view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a newly globalized system of trade, investment, and migration. (IDA551, $26.95)

In Light of India

In Light of India


by Octavio Paz

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 209 PAGES

Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, who served for five years served as Mexico's ambassador to India, contemplates Indian history, society, literature and art in his inimitable style. (IDA368, $15.00)

In Praise of Krishna, Songs from the Bengali


by Edwar Dimock

  • LITERATURE
  • 1967
  • PAPER
  • 118 PAGES

A collection of lyrics celebrating the love of Radha for the god Krishna, translated in collaboration with the poet Denise Levertov. (IDA373, $20.00)

India After Gandhi, The History of the World's Largest Democracy


by Ramachandra Guha

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 900 PAGES

Guha documents the conflicts that have shaped modern India while evaluating the factors that have helped maintain stability and democracy throughout the region. (IDA400, $34.95)

India and South Asia, A Short History


by David Ludden

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Ideal for students of regional studies as well as for travelers and historians, this book offers much insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole. (ASA73, $24.95)

India Before Europe


by Cynthia Talbot | Catherine B. Asher

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 313 PAGES

Asher and Talbot cover the art, culture, royal courts and political culture of Medieval India with authority in this engaging portrait. (IDA607, $35.99)

India Briefing, A Transformative Fifty Years


by Marshall Bouton | Philip Oldenburg

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A primer on the political issues facing modern India. (IDA204, $38.95)

India East Map

India East Map


by Nelles

  • MAP

A detailed regional map of eastern India, from just east of Delhi through all of Nepal, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (IDA123, $13.95)

India Exposed, The Subcontinent A-Z

India Exposed, The Subcontinent A-Z


by Clive Limpkin

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 216 PAGES

Clive Limpkin's splendidly photographed travelogue, quirkily organized by theme, captures the culture and spirit of India. (IDA584, $29.95)

India in Mind

India in Mind


by Pankaj Mishra

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

For this wide-ranging anthology, novelist and essayist Pankaj Mishra offers 25 selections of poetry, letters, fiction and travel accounts by such luminaries as Twain, Orwell, and Chatwin, with a particular focus on how outsiders have viewed India. (IDA255, $14.00)

India Modern, Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design


by Herbert J.M. Ypma

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A history of modern Indian design and its origins. (IDA186, $29.95)

India Modern, Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design (Pocket Edition)

India Modern, Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design (Pocket Edition)


by Herbert J.M. Ypma

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A pocket-history of modern Indian design and its origins. (IDA187, $12.95)

India North Map

India North Map


by Nelles

  • MAP

A regional map of northern India scaled at 1:1,500,000, with excellent topographic detail and insets of Delhi, Agra, Zanskar & Ladakh. (IDA124, $13.95)

India Northeast Bangladesh Map

India Northeast Bangladesh Map


by Nelles

  • MAP

This regional map (1:1,500,000) covers Arunchal Pradesh, Assam and adjoining Tibet, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma. (IDA98, $13.95)

India Northeast Bangladesh Map

India Northeast Bangladesh Map


by Nelles

  • MAP

This regional map (1:1,500,000) covers Arunchal Pradesh, Assam and adjoining Tibet, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Burma. (IDA98, $13.95)

India Safari Companion

India Safari Companion


by Alain Pons

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

A colorful, illustrated slim guide to wildlife, photography and travel in India. (IDA371, $14.95)

India South Map

India South Map


by Nelles

  • 2008
  • MAP

A colorful regional map of India south of Mumbai at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (IDA69, $13.95)

India Unbound

India Unbound


by Gurcharan Das

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

In this pleasant and readable narrative, acclaimed journalist and author Gurcharan Das weaves his personal story into the larger context of India's recent history, discussing at length the economic and political issues facing the nation. (IDA144, $17.00)

India West Map

India West Map


by Nelles

  • 2010
  • MAP

A detailed regional map including Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Rajasthan. Scaled at 1:1,500,000, with insets of Delhi and Mumbai. (IDA73, $13.95)

India, A Concise History

India, A Concise History


by Francis Watson

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

An illustrated history in the fine series from Thames & Hudson. (IDA139, $18.95)

India, A History

India, A History


by John Keay

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 608 PAGES

A sweeping history of India from early settlement in the Indus Valley around 2000 B.C through ancient civilizations, Hindu, Christian and Muslim traditions, Mughal pomp, colonial rule, independence and the heady challenges of modern democracy. (IDA175, $19.95)

India, A Mosaic

India, A Mosaic


by Robert B. Silvers | Barbara Epstein

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A collection of nine exemplary essays from the New York Review of books that tackle the issues of contemporary India's culture, politics and society. (IDA153, $14.95)

India, A Wounded Civilization

India, A Wounded Civilization


by V.S. Naipaul

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A vivid and unsentimental cultural portrait that draws together conversations with Indians, news reports, politics and literature, paying particular attention to the Hindu confrontation with the West. (IDA224, $12.95)

India, Development and Participation


by Jean Dreze

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 532 PAGES

Sen and Dreze explore the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. (IDA514, $50.00)

India, Emerging Power


by Stephen Philip Cohen

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

A critical assessment of India as a world power by a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Cohen looks especially at the relations between India and Pakistan and China, as well as the United States. (IDA263, $22.95)

India, From Midnight to the Millennium

India, From Midnight to the Millennium


by Shashi Tharoor

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 392 PAGES

Tharoor tackles religious differences, his upbringing in the south of India, his own experiences as a "Non-resident Indian," and a great deal of history in this sweeping, narrative history of the last 50 years. (IDA106, $14.95)

India, From Midnight To The Millennium and Beyond


by Shashi Tharoor

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 420 PAGES

A portait of contemporary India. (IDA515, $15.95)

India, In Word and Image

India, In Word and Image


by Eric Meola

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

Meola deftly pairs colorful photographs of people, traditions, art and architecture with choice quotations by Salman Rushdie, R. K. Narayan, Jhumpa Lahiri and others in this dazzling visual celebration of the culture and pagaentry of India. (IDA540, $60.00)

India, The Rise of an Asian Giant


by Dietmar Rothermund

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 274 PAGES

A succint political, economic, social and cultural history of India since 1947. (IDA615, $20.00)

India: Kingdom of the Tiger

India: Kingdom of the Tiger


by Bruce Neibaur

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2002
  • DVD

This dazzling film of tigers in the wild and pioneering conservation efforts was filmed on location at Bhandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. (IDA248, $19.99)

Indian Art

Indian Art


by Vidya Dehejia

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A beautifully illustrated, very readable history of Indian art and architecture. It considers the religious and intellectual contexts of three thousand years of Indian art, including the modern era. (IDA185, $27.95)

Indian Balm, Travels Amongst Fakirs And Fire Warriors


by Paul Hyland

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Hylands perceptive, witty account of travels along the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. (IDA287, $18.95)

The Indian Bride


by Karin Fossum

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

Another brilliantly conceived, dark novel from one of Europe's most successful crime writers. (IDA396, $23.00)

Indian Embers


by Lady Rosamund Lawrence

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 397 PAGES

First published in 1949, this travelogue is a classic account of a journey through India. (IDA54, $22.95)

Indian Subcontinent Map

Indian Subcontinent Map


by Nelles

  • MAP

A map of all of India as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and parts of Tibet, China and Burma, at a scale of 1:4,500,000. (IDA271, $13.95)

Indian Summer


by Will Randall

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Will Randall thought teaching in an inner-London comprehensive was a tough job. But that was nothing compared to the next assignment: saving a slum school in the Indian city of Poona. Learning as much as he is teaches. (IDA366, $18.00)

Indian Summer, The Secret History of the End of an Empire

Indian Summer, The Secret History of the End of an Empire


by Alex Von Tunzelmann

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Von Tunzelmann sets her tale of well-born Dickie Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, his wife Edwina, the attentive Nehu and other personalities of the time against the dramatic backdrop of Indian independence. (IDA385, $18.00)

Indian Textiles

Indian Textiles


by John Gillow

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

With an overview of customs and techniques and a region-by-region account of traditional textile production, this revised, sumptuously produced volume captures the allure of India's legendary weaving, embroidery and printing. (IDA543, $50.00)

Indira

Indira


by Katherine Frank

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES

A controversial biography of Indira Gandhi. (IDA199, $35.00)

The Inheritance of Loss

The Inheritance of Loss


by Kiran Desai

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Alternating between a once grand household in northern India and the life of the cook's son in New York, this novel by the marvelous and wise Desai skewers the aspirations and reality of both worlds. (IDA303, $14.95)

Insight Guide Sri Lanka

Insight Guide Sri Lanka


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

An illustrated overview of Sri Lanka with essays on its attractions, history and culture complemented by many pictures and maps. (SRL02, $23.99)

Interpreter of Maladies

Interpreter of Maladies


by Jhumpa Lahiri

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

In these nine stories, Lahiri captures the experience of Indians and first-generation Indian-Americans as their marriages shift and fall apart, and their families are threatened by miscarriages, infidelity and the trials of assimilation. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. (IDA243, $15.95)

Interpreter of Maladies/ The Namesake


by Jhumpa Lahiri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 512 PAGES

Lahiri's bestselling novel and Pulitzer prize-winning collection of short stories in one volume. Perfect for fans of her beautifully wrought prose and her close examination of Indian-American life and family dynamics. (IDA619, $22.00)

An Introduction to Hinduism


by Gavin D. Flood

  • RELIGION
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 359 PAGES

A comprehensive overview of the Hinduism, from the basic principles and tenets of the religion to modern variations and controversies. (IDA315, $30.00)

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi


by Geoff Dyer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

In Venice, the jaded, bellini-swigging journalist Jeff begins a passionate affair with the beautiful Laura. In Varanasi, the holiest Hindu city in India, a journalist who may or may not be Jeff joins thousands of pilgrims at the Ganges. As Dyer weaves these two narratives, they become intertwined to create an inventive and humorous story of longing, lust and enlightenment. (IDA592, $15.00)

Jejuri, A Poem


by Arun Kolatkar | Amit Chaudhuri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 72 PAGES

Kolatkar's marvelous epic poem, which won the Commonwealth Prize in 1976, recounts a pilgrimage to Jejuri in his home state of Maharashtra. (IDA286, $14.00)

Jewel in the Crown

Jewel in the Crown


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 462 PAGES

The first book in Scott's addictive Raj Quartet, set in British India in 1942, is a rousing, psychologically complex tale of English colonial rule. (IDA66, $20.00)

Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women's Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope


by Jael Silliman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A scholarly yet sentimental account of the longstanding female Jewish community in Calcutta. (IDA244, $22.95)

A Journey in Ladakh

A Journey in Ladakh


by Andrew Harvey

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

The vivid account of a 1981 journey by a young English poet in search of ancient Buddhist traditions in remote Ladakh. (HML15, $18.95)

The Jungle Books

The Jungle Books


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

Mowgli, an Indian boy adopted by wolves, learns the ways of the jungle as he grows up in the company of cobras, panthers, bears and tigers. Kipling set his adventures in what is now Kanha National Park. (IDA313, $4.95)

Ka, Stories of the Mind and Gods of India


by Roberto Calasso | Tim Parks

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

A challenging collection of stories based on traditional Hindu myths. (IDA168, $16.00)

Kali's Child, The Mystical and Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna


by Jeffrey J. Kripal

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of the life and thought of a 19th century Bengali mystic and modern saint. (IDA112, $35.00)

Kantha, The Embroidered Quilts of Bengal from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection and the Stella Kramrisch Collection of


by Dari Mason

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 290 PAGES

A beautifully illustrated collection of pictoral quilts. (IDA616, $60.00)

Karma Cola, Marketing the Mystical East


by Gita Mehta

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 193 PAGES

A witty, often poignant satire on the exploitation of both Westerners and Indians through tourism. (IDA136, $13.95)

Kim

Kim


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama. (IDA65, $9.00)

Kim


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • LARGE PRINT
  • 448 PAGES

The enduring tale of Kimball O'Hara, an orphan boy who, through happenstance, travels the Grand Trunk Road with a Tibetan Lama. (IDA116, $27.99)

Kite's Eye View India, Between Earth and Sky

Kite's Eye View India, Between Earth and Sky


by Nicolas Chorier

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 189 PAGES

These breathtaking low aerial images of India, its people, landscapes and cities, were taken ingeniously by attaching a camera to a kite. (IDA519, $49.95)

Lagaan


by Ashutosh Gowariker

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2002
  • DVD

A delightful, Oscar-nominated musical about a cricket team in 19th century India. Gowariker's film is four straight hours of exuberant Bollywood style romance. (IDA558, $27.96)

The Land of Naked People, Encounters with Stone Age Islanders

The Land of Naked People, Encounters with Stone Age Islanders


by Madhusree Mukerjee

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 268 PAGES

Mukerjee reveals a fascinating world nearly gone in the Andaman Islands -- a place where the Great Andamese, Onge, Jarawa, and Sentinelese peoples once lived in near isolation. (IDA525, $24.00)

The Last Mughal, The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

The Last Mughal, The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857


by William Dalrymple

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 534 PAGES

The riveting tale of the poet, mystic and Mughal Emperor Shah Zafar II and mid 19th century Delhi, culminating in the 1857 Indian Rebellion. (IDA350, $17.95)

The Last Song of Dusk


by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Set in 1920s Bombay, this magical debut tells the story of beautiful Anuradha, whose songs are spellbinding, but whose fate is troubled. (IDA563, $13.95)

The Life of Hinduism

The Life of Hinduism


by John Hawley | Vasudha Narayanan

  • RELIGION
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

A series of essays that present Hinduism as a vibrant and vital religion, with emphasis on the multifaceted world of Hindu worship and the identity issues of Hindus faced with globalization. (IDA374, $27.95)

Little Buddha

Little Buddha


by Bernardo Bertolucci

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • DVD

Bertolucci's luminescent film interweaves the story of a journey from Seattle to Bhutan with the life of Siddharta. (HML74, $14.99)

Lives of Indian Images


by Richard H. Davis

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

An insightful study of how Indian religious images take on lives of their own. (IDA91, $39.95)

Lonely Planet Bangladesh

Lonely Planet Bangladesh


by Stuart Butler

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular series with 40 sketch maps, a selection of color photographs and a 100-page introduction to the region. (ASA38, $26.99)

Lonely Planet Goa & Mumbai

Lonely Planet Goa & Mumbai


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

This comprehensive practical guide in the hallmark Lonely Planet style includes local and regional color maps, a section of photographs, and chapters on history, culture and attractions. (IDA582, $19.99)

Lonely Planet Goa Beaches Encounter

Lonely Planet Goa Beaches Encounter


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map. (IDA583, $12.99)

Lonely Planet Hindi, Urdu & Bengali Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Hindi, Urdu & Bengali Phrasebook


by Richard Somers Delacy

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 303 PAGES

A handy phrasebook travel basics. (IDA82, $8.99)

Lonely Planet Northeast India

Lonely Planet Northeast India


by Mark Elliott | Joseph Bindloss | Lindsay Brown

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

This guide covers easternmost India in the hallmark Lonely Planet style, covering Calcutta, Sikkim, West Bengal and Orissa along with the newly opened and little-visited northeastern states. (IDA518, $23.99)

Lonely Planet South India & Kerala

Lonely Planet South India & Kerala


by Lonely Planet | Lonely Planet Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 534 PAGES

Featuring maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and information on accommodations, excursions and sightseeing. (IDA188, $25.99)

Lonely Planet Trekking in the Indian Himalaya

Lonely Planet Trekking in the Indian Himalaya


by Garry Weare

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

This guide, now in its fifth edition, is great for both practical trail information and general historical and cultural background on the region. Filled throughout with maps and detailed descriptions of treks. (IDA241, $24.99)

Love and Longing in Bombay

Love and Longing in Bombay


by Vikram Chandra

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Five transfixing stories in five different genres, united in setting and authorship by the contemporary wizard of the human condition, Vikram Chandra. (IDA216, $19.99)

Love Bengaluru

Love Bengaluru


by Fiona Caulfield

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 132 PAGES

This rather remarkable, hand-crafted book, with covers of locally woven cloth or khadi, is a loving, personal guide to singular shops and spas, restaurants, escapes and experiences in and around the city. 2nd edition. (IDA359, $50.00)

Love Delhi

Love Delhi


by Fiona Caulfield

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • BOXED
  • 166 PAGES

Packaged in very fashionable locally woven cloth, this beautifully made, discerning guide captures the soul of the city, pointing with authority to neighborhoods, shops, markets, restaurants and attractions. A labor of love by the Bangalore-based Fiona Caulfield and friends. Third edition. (IDA403, $50.00)

Love in a Different Climate, Men Who Have Sex with Men in India


by Jeremy Seabrook

  • RELIGION
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 184 PAGES

Sexual identity and politics in India. (IDA113, $25.00)

Luka and the Fire of Life

Luka and the Fire of Life


by Salman Rushdie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Rushdie's 11th novel, written for his second son, will appeal to adults as well as children. (IDA602, $25.00)

Mahabhrata


by William Buck | B. A. Van Nooten

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 451 PAGES

An introduction and retelling of one of the greatest Hindu epics. (IDA167, $24.95)

Maharanis, A Family Saga of Four Queens

Maharanis, A Family Saga of Four Queens


by Lucy Moore

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

Moore captures the passion, complexities and power of four influential women in this family saga covering the history of India from 1911 to Independence. (IDA309, $16.00)

Mahatma Gandhi and his Apostles


by Ved Mehta

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1977
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A vivid examination of the life and work of Gandhi by novelist Ved Mehta. (IDA21, $30.00)

Mahatma Gandhi, Nonviolent Power in Action


by Dennis Dalton

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 279 PAGES

Featuring a new preface by the author, this book moves from the birth of Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance in South Africa to an in-depth analysis of two of his signal triumphs: the civil disobedience movement of 1930 and his historic Calcutta fast of 1947. (IDA536, $27.00)

The Majesty of Mughal Decoration, The Art and Architecture of Islamic India


by George Michell

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 287 PAGES

An illustrated survey of the workmanship, materials, and techniques of Mughal art. (IDA594, $65.00)

Mandala, A Novel of India

Mandala, A Novel of India


by Pearl S. Buck

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

When Maharana Prince Jagat and his wife Moti receive news that their son has been killed by the Chinese in a border skirmish, Jagat sets out to bring the boy's spirit home. (IDA622, $13.95)

The Mango Season

The Mango Season


by Amulya Malladi

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

A marvelously evocative novel of life in South India, in which the prodigal daughter returns home. The pleasure and importance of food in the novel (which includes recipes) underscores the tension between modern and traditional. (IDA257, $15.00)

Mangoes & Curry Leaves, Culinary Travels Through the Great Subcontinent


by Jeffrey Alford | Naomi Duguid

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 416 PAGES

In this latest book the roving, food-loving authors (Hot Sour Salty Sweet) travel the seven countries of the Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, collecting not only 200 recipes but also engaging tales of the people, history and adventures. With color photographs of food and places throughout. (IDA320, $45.00)

Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh


by David Fraser | Barbara Fraser

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER

An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations. (ASA46, $60.00)

The Marathas 1600-1818


by Stewart Gordon

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 219 PAGES

Gordon presents the first comprehensive history of the Maratha polity, which was an important regional kingdom in the seventeenth century and the largest political entity of eighteenth century India. (IDA554, $50.00)

Maximum City, Bombay Lost and Found

Maximum City, Bombay Lost and Found


by Suketu Mehta

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

The tale of the author who, after a 21-year sojourn in New York, returns to his native Bombay, "the biggest, fastest, richest city in India." (IDA252, $17.00)

Media and the British Empire


by Chandrika Kaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire. (GBR680, $100.00)

A Meeting by the River


by Christopher Isherwood

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Two brothers meeting in India, one a bisexual capitalist and the other a Hindu monk. (IDA114, $16.95)

Meeting God, Elements of Hindu Devotion

Meeting God, Elements of Hindu Devotion


by Thomas Moore | Stephen Huyler

  • RELIGION
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 271 PAGES

A stunningly photographed introduction to the rituals and daily devotion of contemporary Hinduism in India. A companion to the traveling exhibition "Puja, Expressions of Hindu Devotion." (IDA132, $25.00)

Miles from Nowhere, A Round the World Bicycle Adventure


by Barbara Savage

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

The funny, poignant account of the husban-and-wife duo's 23,000-mile, 25-country, two-year bicycle odyssey. (BCY02, $18.95)

Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy

Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy


by Ayesha Jalal | Sugata Bose

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 253 PAGES

This scholarly, brief history of India up to the 1990s is particularly good at its coverage of the post-Independence political landscape. It's a popular textbook, co-authored by a Pakistani and an Indian. (IDA192, $37.95)

Monkfish Moon

Monkfish Moon


by Romesh Gunesekera

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 140 PAGES

In these stories Gunesekera sketches myriad characters, all of whom wonder "what's happened?" as they deal with the reality of a nation embroiled in Tamil-Sinhala strife. (SRL03, $16.95)

Monsoon Wedding


by Naseeruddin Shah

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • DVD

When a middle class Delhi family arranges their daughter's marriage, hilarity and musical numbers ensue, in a pastiche of Hindi, English and Punjabi. (IDA559, $9.99)

Monsoon Wedding


by Mira Nair

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • DVD

Family and guests arrive from all over India, the United States (where the Punjabi groom has settled) and Australia for a four-day celebration in New Delhi during the monsoon. (IDA603, $39.95)

Moon Mumbai & Goa

Moon Mumbai & Goa


by Janhavi Acharekar

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

A great resource for the independent traveler, this guidebook features a good introduction to land, history and culture, as well as practical detail on getting around, where to go, and where to stay. With personality, detailed local maps, glossary and suggested itineraries. (IDA586, $17.95)

The Moor's Last Sigh

The Moor's Last Sigh


by Salman Rushdie

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 435 PAGES

A sweeping family epic that tackles many of the most complex aspects about Indian culture. In his characteristically rich prose, Rushdie tells the history of India, set among the spice traders of Cochin. (IDA89, $16.00)

Mr Sampath -- The Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma

Mr Sampath -- The Printer of Malgudi, The Financial Expert, Waiting for the Mahatma


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 616 PAGES

An Everyman's Library edition of three novels written after India's independence -- including the comic tale, Narayan's funniest, of the printer of Malgudi, whose glamorous new job as screenwriter goes to his head. (IDA336, $25.00)

Mr. Sampath, The Printer of Malgudi

Mr. Sampath, The Printer of Malgudi


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

A handsome edition of one of Narayan's funniest tales, which features Mr. Sampath, the equanimious printer of a failing local newspaper. When the paper folds, Mr. Sampath finds his editor a new job as a scriptwriter for the movies, and hilarious hijinks ensue. (IDA182, $12.00)

Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art


by Partha Mitter

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES

Mitter presents a fascinating history of Indian art and a parallel history of its fascinated European spectators, ranging from the early days of Asian exploration up through the twentieth century. (IDA285, $32.50)

Mughal Architecture & Gardens


by George Michell

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 402 PAGES

An architectural historian, Mitchell devotes particular attention to the monuments and gardens in the imperial centers of Mughal power -- Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Lahore -- in this exquisitely photographed comprehensive color survey. With 270 color photographs. (IDA640, $89.50)

The Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire


by John F. Richards

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An admirably concise, scholarly history of the Mughal Empire (1526-1720) from early conquests through expansion and decline. Organized chronologically, the book includes chapters on both Jahangir and his son, creator of the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan. (IDA210, $43.00)

My Bombay Kitchen, Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking

My Bombay Kitchen, Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking


by Niloufer Ichaporia King | Alice Waters

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 338 PAGES

A detailed guide to the culinary traditions of the Parsi population of India features 165 tempting recipes that capture one of India's most colorful regional cuisines and offers a personal overview of the ideas, tastes, ingredients, and cooking techniques of Parsi cuisine. (IDA520, $32.95)

My Family and Other Saints

My Family and Other Saints


by Kirin Narayan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Narayan's engaging and quirky memoir portrays the Western craze for Eastern mysticism and her own struggle to sort through her bicultural Bombay childhood. (IDA526, $15.00)

The Namesake

The Namesake


by Jhumpa Lahiri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

An intricate and beautifully told tale, Lahiri follows the Ganguli family as they leave Calcutta and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now a feature film, directed by Mira Nair. (IDA292, $14.95)

National Geographic India

National Geographic India


by Louise Nicholson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Veteran guidebook author Louise Nicholson teamed up with National Geographic photographers for this profusely illustrated travel guide. (IDA208, $27.95)

A New History of India

A New History of India


by Stanley Wolpert

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 548 PAGES

This classic history of India has been the leader in its field for years. Wolpert writes clearly, insightfully, and sometimes provocatively about the 4,000 years of India's complex history. An excellent introduction. (IDA225, $49.95)

News from Tartary

News from Tartary


by Peter Fleming

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Fleming's rousing account of a 3,500-mile jaunt from Peking to Sinkiang and on to India, a classic of imperial British wit and style. (CAS46, $18.95)

Of Tigers and Men

Of Tigers and Men


by Richard Ives

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A haunting, beautifully written tale of a man's quest to encounter tigers in the wild, and to understand the meaning of the threat of the tiger's extinction. Ives visits the forests of India, Thailand, and Sumatra. (IDA30, $12.50)

On a Shoestring to Coorg: An Experience of Southern India


by Dervla Murphy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 261 PAGES

This tough Irish grandmother has made travel something of a cottage industry. Here's her first venture outside Europe, an insightful tale of her wanderings by bus and on foot through the mountainous province of Coorg in 1976. (IDA29, $27.95)

Once the Buddha Was a Monkey, Arya Sura's Jatakamala

Once the Buddha Was a Monkey, Arya Sura's Jatakamala


by Arya Sura | Peter Khoroche | Wendy Doniger

  • RELIGION
  • 2006
  • PAPER

These 34 entertaining, instructive tales, not only illustrate Buddhist virtue and mischief but also depict life in the courts and countryside of ancient India. (IDA357, $27.50)

The Painter of Signs


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Narayan's tale about Raman, a simple, pious sign painter who is deeply set in his work and routine -- until a spirited young free-thinker named Daisy arrives to bring birth control to the village. (IDA341, $14.00)

The Palace of Illusions

The Palace of Illusions


by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

Divakaruni's re-imagining of the Mahabharat -- as told through the eyes of princess Panchaali. (IDA401, $23.95)

A Passage to India


by E.M. Forster

  • 1997
  • CASETTE TAPE

(IDA67, $23.95)

A Passage to India

A Passage to India


by E.M. Forster

  • LITERATURE
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

Forster's enduring masterpiece of the clash between Indian and British culture gives gripping insights into British imperial attitudes and Indian colonial responses. (IDA26, $14.00)

The Penguin Gandhi Reader


by Mohandas K. Gandhi | Rudrangshu Mukherjee

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A short selection of writings from Gandhi. (IDA234, $16.00)

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India


by Bikram Grewal | Bill Harvey | Otto Pfister

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

A comprehensive photographic guide to the subcontinent. (IDA215, $35.00)

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal


by Bikram Grewal

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal. (IDA46, $15.95)

Pilgrimage to India, A Woman Revisits Her Homeland

Pilgrimage to India, A Woman Revisits Her Homeland


by Pramila Jayapal

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 271 PAGES

In this well-observed memoir, an Indian woman returns to the homeland she has left, in search of a better understanding of her Indian heritage and what that means to a woman raised in the Western world. (IDA260, $14.95)

Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions

Pilgrimage, Past and Present in the World Religions


by Simon Coleman | John Elsner

  • RELIGION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

An illustrated survey, organized thematically, of Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Indian and Buddhist pilgrimages and sacred travel. (REL07, $32.50)

A Place Within, Rediscovering India


by M. G. Vassanji

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES

In his award-winning memoir, Vassanji relates the experience of going home to India, a country he's only known through the stories of his ancestors. (IDA601, $18.00)

Plain Tales from the Hills

Plain Tales from the Hills


by Rudyard Kipling

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

Kipling's 40 short tales -- set largely in and about Simla, the mountain town and summer capital of the Raj -- capture the tensions and contradictions of colonial life in British India. (IDA629, $13.00)

Planet India, How the Fastest Growing Democracy Is Transforming America and the World


by Mira Kamdar

  • REFERENCE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A cutting-edge exploration of America's stake in India's ongoing efforts to become a global power. (IDA390, $15.00)

The Proudest Day, India's Long Road to Independence


by Anthony Reed | David Fisher

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 565 PAGES

A popular, lively history of the fall of the Raj. (IDA230, $17.50)

Queen Of Dreams


by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother living in Berkeley, California, finds herself caught between the turmoil of life in America in the wake of September 11th and the India of her mother, a dream-teller gifted with the ability to share and interpret the dreams of others. (IDA405, $15.00)

The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 1032 PAGES

The first two novels in Scott's absorbing quartet set in British India during its final years. (IDA361, $32.50)

The Raj Quartet: The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 1032 PAGES

The concluding two novels in Scott's absorbing quartet set in British India during its final years. (IDA360, $37.50)

Raj, The Making and Unmaking of British India

Raj, The Making and Unmaking of British India


by Lawrence James

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

An anecdotal, engrossing mostly military history of the East India Company. (IDA87, $24.99)

The Ramayana


by Ramesh Menon

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

The great Indian epic rendered in modern prose (IDA88, $40.00)

The Ramayana, A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 157 PAGES

Novelist Narayan's translation of the ancient Hindu epic of heroism, love and fate. (IDA311, $15.00)

Ramayana, Divine Loophole

Ramayana, Divine Loophole


by Sanjay Patel

  • RELIGION
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

Pixar animator Sanjay Patel uses whimsical illustrations to retell the beloved epic from Hindu mythology. Over 100 colorful full-spread illustrations bring the adventures of Rama to life as he endeavors to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king. (IDA595, $29.95)

Reporting the Raj: The British Press and India, c. 1880-1922


by Chandrika Kaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Kaul reveals the manipulative control of the British over the press during their occupation of India at the turn of the 20th century. Between World War I and Gandhi, the Raj underwent massive transformations that were misreported and falsified by the dominating British Empire. (IDA334, $30.00)

The Rig Veda


by Wendy Doniger

  • RELIGION
  • 2005
  • PAPER

Doniger's choice selection of 108 Sanskrit hymns (1200-900 B.C.E.), deftly translated and with notes. The earliest of the four surviving vedas, these hyms are a foundation of Hindu mythology and culture. (IDA355, $16.00)

The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, No 17)


by Richard M. Eaton

  • RELIGION
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 359 PAGES

Eaton provides a rich, scholarly account of why eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh) became heavily Islamicized, wheras western Bengal did not. Examines the movement of the linguistic, agrarian and cultural frontiers of Bengal. (IDA169, $28.95)

River Dog, A Journey Down the Brahmaputra

River Dog, A Journey Down the Brahmaputra


by Mark Shand

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 338 PAGES

Shand's touching, eloquent and entertaining chronicle of a journey from Tibet to the Bay of Bengal on the mighty Brahmaputra -- in the company of his Indian hunting dog Bhaiti. (IDA256, $16.95)

A River Sutra

A River Sutra


by Gita Mehta

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 291 PAGES

Set on the banks of a fictional Ganges, Mehta's evocative stories of a civil servant weave history, tradition, culture and religion. (IDA43, $14.95)

Road Guide to Calcutta


by Variety Book Depot

  • 1998
  • MAP

(IDA154, $5.95)

The Romantics

The Romantics


by Pankaj Mishra

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

The story of a Brahmin youth who travels to the holy city of Benares and falls in with a motley crew of westerners enamored of India. (IDA143, $16.00)

The Root and the Flower

The Root and the Flower


by L.H. Myers | Penelope Fitzgerald

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 639 PAGES

A trilogy of historical novels about India in the time of the Mughals -- first published separately in the 1930s and now back in print as a single volume. (IDA191, $16.95)

Rough Guide Bollywood Gold Music

Rough Guide Bollywood Gold Music


by Various Artists

  • MUSIC
  • 2007
  • AUDIO CD

This entertaining guide showcases the leading singers and revisits some of the most glamorous films of this hugely successful genre. (IDA545, $14.98)

Rough Guide Goa


by Davi Abram

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview. (IDA362, $20.99)

Rough Guide India

Rough Guide India


by David Abram

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 1456 PAGES

Geared to the independent traveler, this Rough Guide combines an opinionated survey of culture and history with good information on sightseeing, food and accommodations. (IDA86, $29.99)

Rough Guide Kerala

Rough Guide Kerala


by David Abram

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview. (IDA364, $19.99)

Rough Guide Music India


by Various Artists

  • MUSIC
  • 2002
  • AUDIO CD

A collection of Indian music that is as colorful and varied as the land itself. Features Bollywood themes, regional music, and the beautifully mesmerizing melodies of traditional Indian folk. (IDA338, $14.95)

Rough Guide Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra

Rough Guide Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra


by | Daniel Jacobs

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

This practical guide in the excellent British series includes a good historical and cultural overview. (IDA363, $23.99)

Rough Guide South India

Rough Guide South India


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 840 PAGES

This comprehensive guide balances an authoritative, succinct overview of history and culture with a superbly detailed roundup of attractions. (IDA93, $23.99)

Rude Awakenings, Two Englishmen on Foot in Buddhism's Holy Land

Rude Awakenings, Two Englishmen on Foot in Buddhism's Holy Land


by Ajahn Sucitto | Nick Scott

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 318 PAGES

An account, told in alternativng chapters, of a six-month pilgrimage across the Ganges plain to the places where Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha) lived, taught, sat and walked in India and Nepal. (IDA312, $16.95)

Running in the Family

Running in the Family


by Michael Ondaatje

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 207 PAGES

Award-winning author Ondaatje returns to his native Sri Lanka in this hypnotic travelogue. His lovingly traced family memoirs are interspersed with poetry and ruminations on the island's post-colonial history. (SRL04, $15.00)

Sacred Games

Sacred Games


by Vikram Chandra

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 964 PAGES

The much-heralded novel set in the underworld of Mumbai. (IDA344, $27.95)

Salaam Bombay


by Shafiq Syed

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • DVD

Shot exclusively in the slums, with a largely local cast, this portrayal of Bombay's criminal underworld won the Camera d'Or at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1989. (IDA561, $14.98)

Say It in Hindi

Say It in Hindi


by Veena T. Oldenburg

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 238 PAGES

A pocket phrasebook. (IDA81, $5.95)

Scoop-Wallah, Life on a Delhi Daily

Scoop-Wallah, Life on a Delhi Daily


by Justine Hardy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 266 PAGES

A memoir of life in Delhi as a newspaper reporter. (IDA127, $18.00)

The Seeker

The Seeker


by Sudhir Kakar

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 275 PAGES

Set in 1925, against the backdrop of India's struggle for independence, this historical novel recreates the relationship between an upper-class British woman, Madeline Slade, and Mahatma Gandhi. (IDA376, $14.00)

The Shadow Lines

The Shadow Lines


by Amitav Ghosh

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Set in Calcutta in the 1960s, Ghosh's novel follows two families, one English, one Bengali, as their paths intertwine in tragic and comic ways. (IDA513, $14.00)

Shadow of the Bear, Travels in Their Vanishing Country


by Brian Payton

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

Payton recounts the journeys he made on four continents to view all eight remaining species of bears. (NAT100, $25.95)

Shadow Princess

Shadow Princess


by Indu Sundaresan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Princess Jahanara's story, replete with sibling rivalries, unfulfilled love and her father's grief, is set against the construction of her mother's tomb, the Taj Mahal, in this third installment in the bestselling Taj Mahal trilogy. (IDA596, $15.00)

Shalimar the Clown

Shalimar the Clown


by Salman Rushdie

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 398 PAGES

Rushdie's sprawling novel overflows with allusions, ideas, characters and commentary. As told through the life of Shalimar, it concerns the fate of Kashmir, Hindu and Muslim animosity, adultery and contemporary Los Angeles. (IDA270, $16.00)

Shantaram, A Novel

Shantaram, A Novel


by David Gregory Roberts

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 944 PAGES

This epic page-turner, a bestseller in Australia, revolves around the exploits of a young Australian man at large in the streets of 1980s Bombay. (IDA395, $14.99)

Shiva's Fire


by Suzanne Fisher Staples

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A young adult novel set in southern India and steeped in Hindu custom, culture and religious belief. Parvati, the appealing 12-year-old heroine, is a classical dancer so accomplished that whe suspects that Shiva, as god of the dance, has chosen her to serve him. (IDA200, $6.99)

The Siege of Krishnapur

The Siege of Krishnapur


by J.G. Farrell

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

Farrell evokes the folly and hubris of empire in this splendidly detailed tale, which takes place during the bloody revolt of 1857 that set Indian military recruits against the Raj. (IDA240, $15.95)

The Sikhs

The Sikhs


by Patwant Singh

  • RELIGION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The story of a people for the general reader. (IDA178, $19.00)

A Silence of Splendor


by Indu Sundaresan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Arriving in the west India state of Rudrakot where he hopes to find his idealistic brother, who went missing after joining the local struggle for independence from the British, wounded World War II army captain Sam Hawthorne finds his search complicated by his love for the daughter of a political agent. (IDA300, $15.00)

The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang

The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang


by Sally Wriggins

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

A nicely illustrated account of an extraordinary, 16-year trek from Xi'an to India by way of Central Asia in search of the origins of Buddhism by Xuan-Zang, the famous 7th-century Chinese monk. (ASA31, $25.00)

Simon Winchester's Calcutta

Simon Winchester's Calcutta


by Simon Winchester

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 302 PAGES

Travel essays and a history of the city by Simon Winchester married with excerpts by literary giants, both foreign and Indian. Winchester was based in Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in the 1970s. (IDA254, $14.99)

Six Days In Marapore

Six Days In Marapore


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

A vivid novel of British expatriates in India on the eve of Independence, by the author of the Raj Quartet. Originally published in 1953. (IDA262, $15.00)

Six Suspects


by Vikas Swarup

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 470 PAGES

This Indian murder mystery revolves around a colorful cast of characters, including the victim, son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh. By the author of Slumdog Millionaire. (IDA585, $24.99)

Snakes and Ladders, Glimpses of Modern India

Snakes and Ladders, Glimpses of Modern India


by Gita Mehta

  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 297 PAGES

Essays on contemporary India, culture, politics and personalities, by the profilic writer and thinker. (IDA68, $13.95)

A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761, Eight Indian Lives


by Richard M. Eaton

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 236 PAGES

In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Richard Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. (IDA555, $37.99)

Sorcerer's Apprentice, An Incredible Journey into the World of India's Godmen

Sorcerer's Apprentice, An Incredible Journey into the World of India's Godmen


by Tahir Shah

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

"You can keep your sensible cars, clothes and prim little houses," bellowed Shah to his posh London friends, " I'm off to India to become a magician." The apprentice of this beguiling book is none other than the young author, who travels from Calcutta to Madras, Bangalore and Bombay in pursuit of swamis, tricksters, and other eccentrics. Originally published in 1998, Shah's fantastic journey, recounted with deadpan humor, is impossible to put down. (IDA624, $14.95)

Sources of Indian Tradition, From the Beginning to 1800


by Ainsl Embree

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 547 PAGES

A serious introduction to Indian culture, including good translations of original documents. (IDA512, $35.00)

Sources of Indian Tradition, Modern India and Pakistan


by Ainsl Embree

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • HARD COVER
  • 433 PAGES

The second volume of this insightful introduction to Indian schools of thought. (IDA511, $110.50)

South Asia

South Asia


by Sumit Ganguly

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $21.00)

South Southeast

South Southeast


by Steve McCurry

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

A remarkable portfolio of striking photographs taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia over a long career. Saturated with color, light and evocative of daily life. (ASA34, $65.00)

Spell of the Tiger, The Man-eaters of Sundarbans

Spell of the Tiger, The Man-eaters of Sundarbans


by Sy Montgomery

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Montgomery weaves her travels with the Sundarbans with local legends, religion and the natural history of the Bay of Bengal, home to the largest population of tigers on Earth. (IDA524, $16.95)

Stones of Empire, The Buildings of the Raj

Stones of Empire, The Buildings of the Raj


by Jan Morris | Simon Winchester

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A new edition of Jan Morris' appreciative social history of Anglo-Indian architecture with a new forward by Simon Winchester. With a fine eye, Morris considers the whole range of Anglo-Indian buildings in this probing account. (IDA261, $19.95)

The Story of Asia's Lions


by Divyabhanusinh Chavda

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 260 PAGES

Chavda, a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and a Trustee of the World Wide Fund for Nature, documents the interaction between lions and humans from earliest historical records to present day, also examining current conservation efforts. (ASA61, $49.00)

The Story of India


by Michael Wood

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • DVD

Host Michael Wood takes his audience through a chronological history of India in six episodes. (IDA617, $34.99)

Story-Wallah, Short Fiction from South Asian Writers

Story-Wallah, Short Fiction from South Asian Writers


by Shyam Selvadurai

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

This fine anthology samples short fiction from South Asian authors like Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje and Jhumpa Lahiri. The settings range from Australia to colonial Trinidad and Sri Lanka. (ASA43, $14.00)

Street Food of India, The 50 Greatest Indian Snacks-Complete With Recipes

Street Food of India, The 50 Greatest Indian Snacks-Complete With Recipes


by Sephi Bergerson

  • FOOD
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES

This photographic portrait, not only of India's street food but of its people as well, includes 50 authentic and simple recipes. (IDA613, $28.00)

Street Graphics India


by Barry Dawson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 112 PAGES

An excellent overview of the vibrant, ever-changing culture of modern, commercial India. (IDA122, $19.95)

Such a Long Journey


by Sturla Gunnarsson

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • DVD

It's 1971 in Bombay, and India is on the verge of war. Gustad Noble finds his modest life unraveling when he agrees to do a clandestine favor for an old friend in this tragic drama and wry meditation on enduring hope. (IDA560, $24.99)

A Suitable Boy

A Suitable Boy


by Vikram Seth

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 1488 PAGES

A modern classic set in Calcutta, Delhi and other northern India cities after Independence, bursting with history, character, and politics. In this outstanding epic novel, Seth displays his cultural sensitivity, historical insight, and poetic creativity. (IDA27, $21.99)

Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher

Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher


by R. K. Narayan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 648 PAGES

Four early novels in an omnibus Everyman's edition. Narayan introduces his beloved Malgudi in Swami and Friends -- in which Swaminathan's excitement about his country's initial stirrings for independence competes with his ardor for cricket and all other things British. (IDA337, $27.00)

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal


by M.C. Joshi | Jean-Louis Nou | Amina Okada

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 231 PAGES

This lavish portrait features 158 full-color photographs (including four magnificent foldout panels) by the extraordinary Jean-Louis Nou. With grand exterior views, filigreed inscriptions and bejeweled floral mosaics. (IDA108, $75.00)

Taj Mahal, Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire

Taj Mahal, Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire


by Diana Preston | Michael Preston

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

A vivid narrative history of the creation of the Taj Mahal, a memorial created by Moghul emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife. (IDA340, $16.95)

Temptations of the West, How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, And Beyond

Temptations of the West, How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, And Beyond


by Pankaj Mishra

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The thread that binds these engaging accounts of Panjak's insightful travel through South Asia (Buddhist Tibet, Bollywood, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal) is the confrontation of traditional and modern society. (ASA51, $16.00)

Think India, The Rise of the World's Next Great Power and what It Means for Every American

Think India, The Rise of the World's Next Great Power and what It Means for Every American


by Vinay Rai

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Vinay's account highlight's the U.S. role in India's transformation into an economic powerhosue. (IDA544, $16.00)

This is India


by Shobita Punja

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

An oversize illustrated tribute to India. (IDA97, $39.95)

The Tiger Ladies, A Memoir of Kashmir


by Sudha Koul

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Koul interweaves the story of her Kashmiri family -- and especially of its women -- with tales of gods and goddesses, myths and cultural history, paying plenty of attention to the pleasures of food, fine textiles, and the life of the mind. (IDA207, $19.00)

Tiger, Elephant, and Cellphone, India the Emerging 21-st Century Power


by Shashi Tharoor

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 512 PAGES

Tharoor chronicles India's transformation over the last 25 years in these engaging essays. (IDA386, $27.50)

Tigers in Red Weather, A Quest to See the Last Wild Tigers


by Ruth Padel

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES

A lyrical exploration the world of the tiger by the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. (IDA331, $26.95)

Time Out Mumbai & Goa

Time Out Mumbai & Goa


by Iain Ball

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (IDA343, $19.95)

The Toss of a Lemon

The Toss of a Lemon


by Padma Viswanathan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

This captivating debut novel, inspired by the author's family history, traces the lives a young widow and her orthodox Brahmin family throughout sixty years of profound social and political upheaval in India. (IDA533, $15.95)

The Towers of Silence


by Paul Scott

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 399 PAGES

Volume three in Scott's rousing, psychologically complex Raj Quartet. (IDA322, $22.50)

Traditional Jewelry of India

Traditional Jewelry of India


by Oppi Untracht

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A superbly illustrated, authoritative survey, covering the origins, materials, traditions and culture of adornment, including Mughal and Indo-European designs. (IDA34, $49.95)

Train to Pakistan, A Novel

Train to Pakistan, A Novel


by Khushwant Singh

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 226 PAGES

This novel, set during the violence following the 1947 creation of Pakistan by the British, follows the inhabitants of a fictional Punjab village. (IDA264, $14.95)

A Traveller's History of India

A Traveller's History of India


by Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A condensed introduction to the themes and events that have shaped India from prehistory to Rajiv Gandhi's rule. (IDA57, $14.95)

Travels in the East

Travels in the East


by Donald Richie | Stephen Mansfield

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

The unmatchable, exuberant Richie (who winningly writes "New countries are like new clothes") muses on Egypt, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Thailand, Yap, Korea, and Japan in this kaleidoscope of travel essays. (ASA63, $14.95)

Travels on My Elephant

Travels on My Elephant


by Mark Shand

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER

A compelling tale of an 800-mile journey across India on the back of a 30-year-old elephant named Tara, this enjoyable tale of adventure features vivid descriptions of the countryside and people. (IDA08, $16.95)

Trekking in Ladakh

Trekking in Ladakh


by Charlie Loram

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A practical guide to trekking in this remote enclave, this book includes 50 maps, route descriptions, an overview of Leh and a section of color photographs. (HML25, $19.95)

The Twentieth Wife

The Twentieth Wife


by Indu Sundaresan

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 397 PAGES

Sundaresan boldly reimagines the life of the powerful 17th-century Mughal ruler Jahanara in this lush, action-packed historical novel. (IDA307, $16.00)

Twilight in Delhi

Twilight in Delhi


by Ahmed Ali

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

Set at the turn-of-the-century, this much-loved novel, written in English, captures life in Delhi through the tale of the Muslim merchant Mir Nihal and his family. It's an enlightening portrait of Mughal Delhi, its culture and traditions, family ceremonies and traditions, kite battles and pigeon flying. (IDA62, $14.95)

Ultimate Journey, Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment

Ultimate Journey, Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment


by Richard Bernstein

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

In this journey of self-discovery, Bernstein travels across Central Asia from China to India, loosely in the footsteps of the seventh-century Buddhist monk Hsuan Tang. An engaging, informative account of travels. (CAS64, $14.00)

Understanding Contemporary India


by Sumit Ganguly | Niel Devotta

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

Intended as an undergraduate text, this survey of Indian life, culture, social issues, and political challenges, is also a rewarding contemporary reader for the traveler. (IDA345, $24.50)

Untouchable

Untouchable


by Mulk Raj Anand | E. M. Forster

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Referred to by some as his nation's answer to Charles Dickens, the author tackles India's caste system with urgency and conviction. (IDA180, $13.00)

Untouchables, My Family's Triumphant Escape from India's Caste System

Untouchables, My Family's Triumphant Escape from India's Caste System


by Narendra Jadhav

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 307 PAGES

A bestseller in India, the Untouchables is an inspiring tale of defying prejudice and gaining an education in the slums of Mumbai. (IDA330, $24.95)

The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature

The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature


by Amit Chaudhuri

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

An introduction to Indian fiction and poetry since 1850, including works both in translation and written originally in English. The authors span a century and a half of Indian letters, from Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee to Rushdie and Anita Desai. (IDA218, $21.00)

Vishnu's Crowded Temple, India Since the Great Rebellion

Vishnu's Crowded Temple, India Since the Great Rebellion


by Maria Misra

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 535 PAGES

Misra looks at the tangle of caste and religious identity in modern democratic India in this lively modern history, one of several timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of India's independence. (IDA550, $24.00)

West Bengal State Map


by MapLink

  • MAP

Detailed map of the Indian State of West Bengal, at a scale of 1:1,100,000. (IDA156, $6.95)

Where the Indus is Young, Midwinter in Baltistan

Where the Indus is Young, Midwinter in Baltistan


by Dervla Murphy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 270 PAGES

For three months Dervla and six-year-old Rachel explore Little Tibet, high in the Karakoram Mountains, traveling on foot and by pony along the Indus Gorge and into nearby valleys. Originally published in 1977. (PKN16, $29.95)

White Mughals

White Mughals


by William Dalrymple

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A portrayal of the experiences of "white mughals," 18th- and 19th-century British colonialists who adopted traditional Indian lifestyles and took Indian women as their brides. (IDA233, $20.00)

Why Some Like it Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity


by Gary Paul Nabhan

  • FOOD
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 232 PAGES

Part science, part anthropology, this is a study of food and why we eat what we eat. (GEN320, $25.00)

Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal

Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal


by Guy Mountefort | Gerald Cubitt

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

An informative introduction to the natural history of the region in a handsome oversize volume. With hundreds of extraordinary photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Himalayas, the Indo-Ganges Plain and the Deccan. (IDA02, $29.95)

The Wisdom of the Buddha

The Wisdom of the Buddha


by Jean Boisselier

  • RELIGION
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 191 PAGES

A pocket-size primer of Buddhism, this book is an illustrated history of the sixth-century Indian prince and his quest for enlightenment. With 207 illustrations, 160 in full color. (IDA55, $12.95)

A Woman's Asia

A Woman's Asia


by Marybeth Bond

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)

Women in a Tribal Community, A Study of Arunachal Pradesh


by Kiran Mishra

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • HARD COVER
  • 100 PAGES

An in-depth look at the ways and rituals of the Nishing community in Arunachal Pradesh. (IDA125, $14.00)

Women in Modern India


by Geraldine Forbes

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

A history of the status and roles of women, women's movements, organizations, achievements and work from 19th century reforms through the 1980s. (IDA372, $36.99)

Women Writing in India, 600 B.C. to the Present


by Susie Tharu

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1993
  • PAPER

A selection of evocative pieces by Indian women authors. (IDA284, $32.00)

The Wonder House

The Wonder House


by Justine Hardy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 386 PAGES

A vivid a sensual novel revolving around Gracie Singh, a Yorkshirewoman who has been living on a houseboat on Nagin since the death of her Indian husband. (IDA302, $24.00)

Wonder that Was India


by A.L. Basham

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 570 PAGES

First published in 1954, Professor Basham's insightful and well-written survey has long been the standard introduction to the history and culture of India before the arrival of the Muslims. (IDA356, $26.00)

Wonders of the Indian Wilderness


by Erach Bharucha

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 856 PAGES

With 2,000 full-color illustrations, this sumptuous celebration of India's biodiversity is visually stunning. A deluxe volume with a slipcase. (IDA527, $185.00)

World Religions: Eastern Traditions

World Religions: Eastern Traditions


by Willard G. Oxtoby

  • RELIGION
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 515 PAGES

A clear and insightful introduction to Eastern religions by a team of scholars, covering Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and East Asian traditions. Scholarly, but still rewarding for the general reader. (ASA07, $79.95)

 

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